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Semer Water 9/4/18

Xc flight to Carlisle
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  • Climbing out from Semer with Ben and Dave Smart in there someplace.  Interesting low-level radiation fog buring off

    Climbing out from Semer with Ben and Dave Smart in there someplace. Interesting low-level radiation fog buring off

  • Starting to head over Wensleydale

    Starting to head over Wensleydale

  • Ben on his Zeno

    Ben on his Zeno

  • Ben Keayes (Zeno) playing in the edge of the cloud.

    Ben Keayes (Zeno) playing in the edge of the cloud.

  • Crossing the Mallerstang valley (looking south). Looks good ahead but it had been a very low-level scrabble to get onto and over the moors

    Crossing the Mallerstang valley (looking south). Looks good ahead but it had been a very low-level scrabble to get onto and over the moors

  • Mallerstang with the Howgills distance right

    Mallerstang with the Howgills distance right

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  • Cracking sky ahead with an obvious streeting line to follow. No idea where Ben is at this stage.

    Cracking sky ahead with an obvious streeting line to follow. No idea where Ben is at this stage.

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  • Kirkby Stephen, with the station below ... awesome sky opening up. Winds fairly light at height from the SSE.

    Kirkby Stephen, with the station below ... awesome sky opening up. Winds fairly light at height from the SSE.

  • Eden valley looking very tasty.

    Eden valley looking very tasty.

  • Burnt moors just north of the A66. Battled a lot lower over these a few days before. They usually work well.

    Burnt moors just north of the A66. Battled a lot lower over these a few days before. They usually work well.

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  • Climbing to 5,300' in strong climb.

    Climbing to 5,300' in strong climb.

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  • Spectacular!  Several different cloud levels being passed during the climb

    Spectacular! Several different cloud levels being passed during the climb

  • Room with a view at 5,200. Looking back south ... I saw a single distant glider during the climb but for some reason he headed west out of the lift line.

    Room with a view at 5,200. Looking back south ... I saw a single distant glider during the climb but for some reason he headed west out of the lift line.

  • Ben appeared to the west, we came close but then departed to our respective different goals.

    Ben appeared to the west, we came close but then departed to our respective different goals.

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  • Onwards towards Penrith with a great sky. Looking west towards Orton Scar.

    Onwards towards Penrith with a great sky. Looking west towards Orton Scar.

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  • Good climbs to base en route and passing Appleby on the right

    Good climbs to base en route and passing Appleby on the right

  • Centreparks ahead

    Centreparks ahead

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    Ben Keayes (Zeno) playing in the edge of the cloud.
    Crossing the Mallerstang valley (looking south). Looks good ahead but it had been a very low-level scrabble to get onto and over the moors
    Mallerstang with the Howgills distance right